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This week's theme gets deeper into aspects of God, however you perceive her. ; ) and the way we think about money and supporting ourselves.
We are to rethink our attitude about money and the financial reasons we choose one job (corporate) over another (artistic). JC suggests that a serious block is that the “need” for a high-paying job to pay the bills, feed, and clothe ourselves, is the only way to keep from being destitiute.
[Here, for my own sake, I'm going to switch over from “God” to “the universe,” to continue this line of thinking, because it just makes more sense to me!]
The idea that our will for ourselves is different from what the universe can (and is willing) to give us, is what is at issue here. Believing that art, beauty, creativity is frivolous and non-essential is counter to what you see when you look around yourself. If it weren't such a high priority in the universe, then why is all of that beauty and wonder everywhere around us?
You have noticed by now all of the synchronicity in life, right? Last week we asked at night for something we needed tomorrow, and then wrote some answers in the morning pages the next day. On the way to work, we can visualize a parking place right where we want it, and it's there! (Or a parking meter that is already plugged!) The universe is listening and loves to give us what we ask for. We just have to be willing to ask, and then to receive.
So, We are asked to write in our morning pages this week about “the god you do believe in and the god you would like to believe in.” She is trying to get us outside of the ideas of god we've brought with us from childhood, for example the stern father figure. She wants us to question why we would think a god would want us to suffer and not do what we love: “A terrible job must be building moral fiber.” She says to instead look around! See how creative the world is. “Snowflakes… are the ultimate exercise in sheer creative glee…. This creator looks suspiciously like someone who just might send us support for our creative ventures.”
This week we are also to pamper ourselves. Splurge! Not on material goods, necessarily, but on things that bring you joy and that feed your artist self. Don't call this stuff frivolous! It is necessary for us to feel we deserve this. Once we see that we do, our attitude will attract more abundance. If you see yourself as Cinderella, remember that the second half of the story is great! Give yourself the glass slipper.
Note: JC cautions that, “Much of what we do in creative recovery may seem silly. Silly is a defense our Wet Blanket adult uses to squelch our artist child. Beware of silly as a word you toss at yourself. Yes, artists dates are silly – that's the whole point.”
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